WHISKY AND TOBACCO. (October 20, 1875)

by Special Dispatch to theOct 20, 1875

Treasury officials are positive that the effects of new Tax law of March 3, 1873, will not be appreciable for some months to come. They claim that the Government has not yet received the full tax of 90 cents per gallon upon any considerable quantities of whisky. Two months before the act passed the distilleries were operated to their at-...